Table and chair attachment for beds



Jan. 17, 1928. I, 1,656,812

C. BALKO ET AL TABLE AND CHAIR ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS Filed July 23, 1926 Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

tJhtfilED stares CHARLES BALKO, or nos'ron, AND

Application filed J'uy 23,

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snononi-ewson LYNN, or van METER, raunsYLvAnrA.

TABLE Ann CHAIR. ATTACHMENT non BEDS.

1926. Serial No.124/l93.

be inserted on each side of the shank. Obvi- This invention relates to bed attachments and particularly to attachments in the nature of chairs and tables and the general object of the invention is to provide means whereby stools or chairs and the table may be readily connected to the longitudinal rail of a bed in .s eh manner that the tables and chairs may be shifted to aposition beneath the bed and, therefore, out of the way, or to a raised position for use.

A further object is to provide an attachment of this character-which will permit the table or the chair to be shifted into a plurality of different positions with relation to the bed and permit the table or the chair to be adjusted to different heights.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bed with our table and chair attachment applied thereto:

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the table and the bed rail, showing the table in its raised position;

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the chair in a raised position.

Referring to these drawings it will be seen that we have illustrated a bed A of usual form and having the longitudinally extending rail a and, we have illustrated in connection with this bed a table and two chairs or stools disposed one on each side of thetable. The table attachment comprises a base 10 which is attached by rivets, bolts, or any other suitable means to the rail a and we have illustrated this base as being provided with outstanding lugsll. Pivotally mounted between these lugs is a tubular member 12 having interior screw-threads 13. Associated with the tubular member 12 is an angular member 1 1 which on one end is exterior-1y screw-threaded to engage with the screw-threads l3.

Having screw-threaded cngageiiient with the opposite or free end of this member 14; is the shank or post 15 of the table 16. This post disposed adjacent one edge of the table and preferably the upper end of the angular member 14 is outwardly flared at 17 so that when the shank of thetable is screwed home, the table will rest upon this outwardly flared portion. The table may be made of any suitable material but the shank 15 is preferably metallic. The table top is of sufiicient width so as to permit two drawers 18 to effective length of the leg.

ously the table top might be made of thin sheet metal flanged at one margin and the drawers inserted through this flange and engaged by guides on the underside of the table top.

Attached to the under side of the table top adjacent one end thereof is a leg 19 which pivotally supported upon the table top in any suitable manner and is preferably formed with an interiorly screw-threaded section 20 which is, therefore, capable of longitudinal movement and adjustment upon the leg 19 so as to increase or decrease the Obviously, with this construction, the table top will be turned entirely beneath the bed or swung outward and then upward so as to bring the table top into a horizontal plane and then the leg 19 swung downward and adjusted so as to rest upon the floor.

Associated with the table are two chairs or stools. These are similarly constructed to the table and each includes a base plate 10, an interiorly screw-threaded member 12 pivoted to the base, an angular bracket 14:, and

'a seat 21, which may be made of sheet metal,

wood, or any other suitable material having an interiorly screw-threaded shank or post 15 to engage within the member 14. Each seat 21 is provided with a leg 22 of the same character as the leg 19 and having an adjust able tip 23 of the same character as the adjustable tip or section 20. These stools or seats may be swung into position entirely beneath the bed or into a raised position as illustrated in Figure 3, with the leg resting upon the floor.

While we have illustrated this attachment as applied to a bed, it will be obvious that the seat attachment might be applied to a table or counter and swung into or out of operative position. The attachment is very simple, can be readily applied to any ordi nary bed or, as before remarked, to a counter or table, and provides a very convenient accessory to a bed.

Vi e claim 1. An attachment of the character dcscribed comprising a base plate having out- Wardly extending ears, a tubular member gagelnent with the tubular member, a top having a screw-threaded post engaging the opposite end of the angular member, and a leg; pivoted to the top and formed in two sections, the sections being adjustable upon each other.

2. An attachment of the character described comprising a base plate having outwardly extending ears, :1- tubular member inl teriorly screw-threaded at its outer end and pivoted at its inner end between said ears for movement in a horizontal plane, an angular memberscrewlhreaclecl at on encl for engagement with the tubular member, and a top having a screw-threaded post engaging the opposite end of the angular member.

In testimony whereof We hereunto illllfi our signature.

CHARLES BALKO. GEORGE LAWVFJOLK LYNN. 

